The Claim

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

After my shower, I go back to the living room in clothes that one of Vicki's girls gave me to wear. Sitting down on the couch next to Vicki, she asks. "When was the last time you ate?" I say "Yesterday sometime." She looks at another girl and says "Bring her a bowl of stew please." The girl nods and does as she's asked. After I eat, I ask "How long have you known Angel?" Vicki smiles softly and says "I've known him for a while. He's a good guy." she tells me. "He's the only one I would let near me. Something about him was making me feel safe. I don't know how." I tell her. "Like I said. He's a good guy. Loyal. Compassionate. He'll take care of you." she tells me and I nod and wait on the guys to get back.

While I am sitting with Vicki, the guys are back searching the warehouse. Coco is set up on the hill searching the outside. Bishop sees the office light on and motions for the guys to move slowly. Carefully. Moving on each side of the door, they wait a few seconds before the door opens and one of the guys walks out. Creeper grabs him, covering his mouth to muffle his screams and knocks him out. Riz and Tranq pull him around the corner and out of sight. Tranq stays with him while Creeper rejoins the others to move into the office and take the other three men down.

All three men are out cold. "What do we want to do with them?" Gilly asks. The guys look around and EZ nudges Angel and points towards some cages on the other side of the room. "Cages." Angel says to the rest of the guys. "Let them see how they like it." Bishop says before the guys start moving the three men into the cages. Taza brings over the water hose and there's a high power nozzle on it. Turning it up just high enough to make them uncomfortable, Creeper starts spraying them down to wake them up. Gilly calls Coco to come inside and join the fun and a few minutes later he comes in. "Wakey wakey mother fuckers." Coco says smirking at the men. They wake up and start looking around, realizing they are in cages. "Feeling a little caged in?" Riz asks and the rest of the guys laugh. "What do you want?" the one in the middle cage asks. "You're going to tell us why you had Tristan." Bishop says. "Who wants to know?" One of the men asks. "Her Old Man." Angel steps forward, clearly pissed off. "Our boss wants her. Told us we could have some fun with her first." the man says and Angel runs his hand down his face, getting even more pissed. He starts to pace and EZ is in front of him in a second. "Hey. Look at me." he says. Angel looks at him and says "As soon as we get the info we need, you can end these fuckers and go back to Tristan." EZ says and Angel just nods. "Who's your boss?" Coco asks. "Ethan Zobell." Bishop and Riz look at each other and Riz says "We need to talk to Alvarez." and they all nod. "You ready to end this?" Bishop asks Angel. "Hell yeah." Angel says pissed off. They walk over to the cages and Coco is at one cage while Angel and EZ are at the other two cages. "This is for hurting my Old Lady." Angel says before they open fire on the three, killing them all.

A little later, the guys come walking back into Vicki's and I look up as they walk in the door. Seeing Angel, I stand and he walks over to me. "They won't hurt you again." Angel tells me. Tears fall down my face as I say "Thank you." before he wipes the tears from my face. He pulls me close and Bishop asks. "Mind if we crash here tonight?" Vicki says "Grab your usual rooms." We head upstairs and Angel leads me into the room he frequents and once inside, he says "I'm going to get a shower real quick and I'll be to bed." he tells me and I nod. Walking over to me, he cups my face and says "When we lay down, we'll talk." I nod. He kisses my forehead and heads to the shower. When he comes back out, I'm sitting on the side of the bed, still in my jeans and he sits next to me in his jeans and shirtless. "Are you okay?" he asks. "I think so." I tell him. "What's going to happen to me?" I ask, looking at my hands. He takes my hand and laces his fingers with mine and says "I claimed you as my Old Lady. That means you'll live with me and the club will protect you." he says and I nod. "Are you okay with that?" he asks. "You'll keep me safe?" I ask. "Yeah. I will." he says. "I'm okay with it. Thank you Angel." I say. Kissing my knuckles he says "Let's get some sleep and we'll get you to the clubhouse in the morning and get you set up with some clothes and shit." he tells me and I nod. Moving off of the bed, Angel pulls down the covers and I start taking off my jeans. Climbing into bed, he climbs in after me and I lay with my back facing him. I feel him put his arms around me and pull me back against him before kissing the top of my head and saying "Goodnight Sweetheart." I whisper "Goodnight Angel." before I doze off for my first night of sleep in months.

Waking up the next morning, we head downstairs and Vicki and her girls have made breakfast. Sitting at the table, I take the seat next to Angel and we eat. I listen to the conversations around me but don't say anything. Coco looks at me and asks "How you holding up?" I look at him and say "I don't know, honestly. Felt good to sleep in a bed again though." I tell him. "Well, you're family now. We won't let anything happen to you again." he tells me and I nod my thanks. Riz walks into the room and says "We've got a meeting with Alvarez in an hour and he wants your Old Lady there, Angel." Angel nods and I tense up. "It's okay. You'll be there with me. He won't hurt you. He might want to talk to you though but you can trust him." Angel tells me and I nod. He puts his arm around me and pulls me closer and I start to relax a little. An hour later, we are meeting with this man Alvarez and Angel has his fingers laced with mine and we walk over to meet him. Alvarez looks me over before looking over at Bishop and asking "What did you find out?" Bishop looks at him and asks "What do you know about Ethan Zobell?"